As Watanagashi-hen opens, Keiichi is telling Rena that he will be “taking a break from school” for a while. Rena hands him a notice describing the disappearances, and Keiichi asks him how she feels about him now that she is aware of him sneaking into the storehouse on the night of the Watanagashi Festival. She slaps him, as she says no one has scolded him yet. Keiichi drops the notice, and upon picking it up reads part of it (“I’d like to share the best soy sauce I received from my relative Akita. Feel free to visit the Sonozaki family.”). He makes the connection, and decides to go to the Sonozaki residence to speak with Mion to apologize. They turn around to see Oishi standing at the Maebara house’s gate, and Keiichi and Rena step inside the car.